This was brilliant, thank you. Indeed, the Twittersphere, FB, the media, the phone, the whole lot, work daily to ensure that their closed loop of doom and catastrophe keeps us watching and clicking. Fear sells. Fighting against their pulls towards the abyss is gonna take some discipline. We'll have to overcome that feeling that any smile, or celebration, or pleasure or hope -- looking forward to something! -- doesn't make us feel as if we're cackling at a funeral.